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– First-in PLAYBOOK: Modern Democrats off Massachusetts is endorsing Quentin Palfrey for state attorney general after he earned 67 percent support from the group’s members, his campaign said.

– First SHAKEUP: The DNC is upending the presidential nominating calendar currently led by Iowa and New Hampshire by opening an application process for the early slots, my POLITICO colleague Elena Schneider reports. Iowa, with its botched 2020 caucuses, is considered more at risk than New Hampshire. But if the Granite State loses its first-in-the-nation-primary status, our frequent access to candidates could go along with it. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) pledged to defend the pripshire Democrats Chair Ray Buckley and MassDems Chair Gus Bickford didn’t immediately return requests for comment.

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– In order to Gasoline Tax Or otherwise not To help you Gasoline Income tax: ” But House Speaker Ron Mariano, who’s argued that a gas tax holiday could hurt the state’s bond rating, isn’t budging.

“I thought it absolutely was an extremely unconventional report for a bond rating agency to make,” the Quincy Democrat said Wednesday. “Either it will affect the bond rating or it won’t.”

GOP governor upbeat Chris Doughty is seizing on the S&P proclamation to again call to suspend the gas tax. Beacon Hill Republicans could give it another go by filing a budget amendment.

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– Environment Conflict: Vastly outnumbered Senate Republicans dropped “alternative legislation” on energy and climate change last night, just hours before the chamber is set to debate a proposal spearheaded by Senate President Karen Spilka. Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr said the Republicans’ plan – creating a $500 million Commonwealth Decarbonization and Energy Independence Fund to modernize the electric grid, provide rebates for electric vehicle purchases and charging stations, and “intensify” carbon sequestration efforts – “directs attention and spending to the places they need to go today to make cost-effective differences for tomorrow.”